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Post-disaster Surveillance Following the Tsunami in Japan: BioSense 2011
Content Type: Abstract
The CDC's BioSense Program receives near real-time health care utilization data from a number of sources, including Department of Defense (DoD) healthcare facilities from around the globe and non-federal hospital emergency departments (EDs) in the… read more -
Finding Time-of-Arrival Clusters of Exposure-Related Visits to Emergency Departments in Contiguous Hospital Groups
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Time-of-arrival (TOA) surveillance methodology consists of identifying clusters of patients arriving to a hospital emergency department (ED) with similar complaints within a short temporal interval. TOA monitoring of ED visit data is currently… read more -
Syndromic Surveillance for Bicycle Related Injuries in Boston, 2007-2010
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In May of 2001, Boston released a strategic transportation plan to improve bicycle access and safety. [1] According to the Boston Transportation Department, ridership has increased 122% between 2007 and 2009. [2] A collaborative public health and… read more -
Mapping Tool between two code sets: ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM/PCS
Content Type: Webinar
Join ISDS on June 3rd for an instructional webinar on ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM/PCS mapping tools, including the newly released MapIt tool. This tool, which was developed by AHRQ and CDC, is an automated mapping tool that utilizes General Equivalence… read more -
Administrative and syndromic surveillance data can enhance public health surveillance
Content Type: Abstract
Healthcare data, including emergency department (ED) and outpatient health visit data, are potentially useful to the public health community for multiple purposes, including programmatic and surveillance activities. These data are collected through… read more -
Identifying Clusters of Falls During the 2007-08 Winter Season in the BioSense System
Content Type: Abstract
The purposes of this study are to identify and characterize increases in emergency department (ED) visits for falls during the 2007-08 winter season. -
BioSense Participation by Non-Federal Hospitals
Content Type: Abstract
BioSense is a national program designed to improve the nation’s capabilities for conducting disease detection, monitoring, and real-time situational awareness. Currently, BioSense receives near real-time data from non-federal hospitals, as well as… read more -
Transitioning to ICD-10 CM: What is the impact for Public Health Surveillance?
Content Type: Webinar
Peter Hicks, an epidemiologist from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, will present an expanded version of the 2013 ISDS Pre-Conference Workshop on the ICD-9/10 CM Transition and the impact upon Public Health. His presentation will… read more